Attachment for writing instruments



Oct. 19 1926. 1,603,728

6. c. VOLK 7 ATTACHMENT FOR WRITING. INSTRUMENTS Filed March 2'7, 1925ill Patented Get. 19, 1926.

UNITED STATES CLIFTON C. VOLK, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

ATTACHMENT FOR \VRITING INSTRUMENTS.

Application filed March 27, 1925.

My invention has for its object to provide an attachment for writinginstruments, to prevent movement of the fingers of a writer. hisattachment is especially adapted to be used by children while learningto write, to cause them to use the arm movement instead of the fingermovement. After a child has once learned to write with arm movement, theattachment may be dis pensed with.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side view showing a hand holding a lead pencil to which theattachment is applied;

Fig. 2 is a top view of the parts shown in 1; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the attachment.

The attachment comprises a relatively rigid or stiff stem l having atone end a clip 5 and at its other end a fork-like member 6. The clip 5,as shown, is in the form of a divided spring band adapted to befi'ict-ionally clamped onto a writing instrument, which, as shown in thedrawings, is a lead pencil X.

Cut and pressed from the back of the clip 5 is a pair of outstandinglugs 7, to which the respective end of the stem 4 is pivotally attachedat 8. The fork-like member 6 is, as shown, flat and may be formed from apiece of celluloid, fibre. leather, or any other suitable material, andis attached to the respective end of the stem 4 by screw threads.

The fork-like member 6 is adapted to be inserted between the second andindex fingers and to engage the hand Y of the writer as a stop. The clip5 may be longi- Serial No. 18,715.

tudinally adjusted on the pencil X and the fork-like member 6 may beadjusted on the stem 4: by means of its screw-threaded engagementtherewith, to vary the operative length of said stem, so that theattachment may be adjusted to fit the hand of any writer. The flexiblejoint 8 permits the attachment to be properly positioned in respect tothe writers hand.

By the use of the attachment, the stiff stem 4, held against endwisemovement by the fork-like member 6 when engaging the hand Y, preventsendwise movement of the pencil X, and, hence, finger movement by thewriter. With the fingers thus held against movement, it is an easymatter for the writer to become accustomed to the arm movement inwriting, which is the correct and easy way to write.

Formed with the lower prong of the fork 6 is a transverse stop plate 7arranged to bear against the inside of the writers hand.

What I claim is:

1. An attachment for a writing instrument comprising a long relativelystiff stem, one end of which is applicable to such an instrumentsubstantially where the same is engaged by certain of the fingers of thewriters hand and having a loose hinge joint permitting said stem tofreely move laterally toward and from said instrument, said stem havingat its other end a fork-like member adapted to be inserted between saidfingers and engage the hand as a stop to prevent movement of saidlingers.

2. The structure defined in claim 1 in which the lower prong of the forkis pro vided with a wide stop plate engageable with the palm of thehand.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CLIFTON C. VOLK.

